Yeah, Manhattan's great, but you've got to have some loud money baby!
When I went to music school there I had a studio apartment on the lower east side. The rent was $150 a month. This was in the late seventies. Today? Forget it.

yeah, nowadays $150 won't even pay for the key. I'm born and raised in Manhattan but I live in Queens because the rents in Manhattan are ridiculous. Besides, I can get to midtown Manhattan in 20 minutes via subway. Not bad.